Welcome to Siudzinski KatieKat

Joe Siudzinski is a retired engineering director, a life-long multihull sailor on San Francisco Bay, and now the owner of a Seawind 1000 cruising catamaran named KatieKat. Joe and his wife Kathy are recording their open-ended cruise from Sydney (Australia) on this website. The cruise so far has covered the entire east coast of Australia (including Tasmania) in 2000-2002, New Caledonia in 2000, the sail to New Zealand via Lord Howe Island in late 2002, some coastal cruising and touring of New Zealand in 2003, the passage to Fiji, the Fiji MiniCruise, the passage to New Caledonia, the revisit of New Caledonia, the 'interesting' passage from New Caledonia to Australia in late 2003, and the Australian coastal cruising and inland touristing in 2004. In August 2004, KatieKat was shipped to Vancouver, British Columbia. After a very brief Fall British Columbia cruise and sitting out the winter in Washington State, KatieKat spent 2005 wandering through British Columbia and SouthEast Alaska, including Glacier Bay. In September 2005, Joe and Kathy sailed KatieKat down the northwest US coast home to San Francisco Bay. Joe and Kathy resumed cruising in October, 2006, sailed down the California coast to Baja California, then spent the winter sailing down to Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta and then back up, exploring the Sea of Cortez. After "Baja Bashing" up the coast to Southern California in April 2007 and a summer break to have the boat lengthened in San Diego, Joe and Kathy sailed home and arrived in San Francisco Bay on 1 September, 2007. Sadly for us, we were unable to resume our cruising lifestyle and KatieKat was sold in December, 2012. You are cordially invited to visit this chronology.

(Click on small photos or underlined text to see details)

2000DeliverySea TrialsSydney

2000BrisbaneQueensland

2000Kuto BayIsle of PinesNew Caledonia

2001Lizard IslandGreat Barrier ReefNorthern QLD

2002Opera HouseSydney

2002Constitution DockHobartTasmania

2002Lord Howe IslandTasman Sea

2003AucklandNew Zealand

2003Mount MaunganuiNew Zealand

2003Waya IslandFiji

2003Amedee LighthouseNew Caledonia

2004Lady MusgraveLagoonGreat Barrier Reef

2004Brisbane, Australiato Vancouver,British Columbia

2004Chatterbox FallsPrincess Louisa InletBritish Columbia

2005Glacier BayAlaska

2005Arriving HomeGolden Gate BridgeSan Francisco Bay

2006Multihulls MagazineMarch/April 2006Cover Photo

2006SingleHandedFarallones Race

2006Leaving HomeSan FranciscoOctober

2006Start Baja Ha-HaPhoto Lat38 AnnieSan Diego

2006Bahia Santa MariaBaja CaliforniaMexico

2007Transom ExtensionSan DiegoCalifornia

2007Catalina IslandCalifornia

2007Arriving Home AgainGolden Gate BridgeSeptember

31 December, 2012 - We are sad to announce that our cruising life on KatieKat will not be continuing, and that KatieKat has been sold. Here's the final update: 2012